DanInALionsDen wrote:My index is a 4.3? What does this index thing even mean?

i think 4.4+ is safe territory (historically) for an admit. it is the scale used by the ad-comm to rank applicants based on numbers

Historically, yes. Last year, no. Only 2/3 of people with our numbers 3.9-ish / 173 were admitted. However, a consolation is that most of the people not admitted got at least one of HYS. Strangely, almost everyone 3.6-3.8 / 173 were admitted.

DanInALionsDen wrote:My index is a 4.3? What does this index thing even mean?

i think 4.4+ is safe territory (historically) for an admit. it is the scale used by the ad-comm to rank applicants based on numbers

Historically, yes. Last year, no. Only 2/3 of people with our numbers 3.9-ish / 173 were admitted. However, a consolation is that most of the people not admitted got at least one of HYS. Strangely, almost everyone 3.6-3.8 / 173 were admitted.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

Ha, I only mean the 3.6-.3.8 / 173 part, the rest can be false! I want this letter bad, such a slow cycle, today Penn went UR and Cornell went complete, but I though for sure something more exciting would happen this week.

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For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

Damn, I said after the Sept. test that I probably needed one more point for a Hamilton or Butler... this seems to affirm that.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

Damn, I said after the Sept. test that I probably needed one more point for a Hamilton or Butler... this seems to affirm that.

Those missed questions are costly, aren't they? If I end up at Columbia, I'll probably think about the incredibly careless LG mistake I made each time I accept more loan debt before a semester.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

Damn, I said after the Sept. test that I probably needed one more point for a Hamilton or Butler... this seems to affirm that.

Those missed questions are costly, aren't they? If I end up at Columbia, I'll probably think about the incredibly careless LG mistake I made each time I accept more loan debt before a semester.

I missed 3 questions by miss-bubbling, I feel your pain. Every time I think about it I have a sudden desire to jam a fork into my leg.

fidesverita wrote:LOL you guys are so depressing. I guess it's good practice to be cynical for when we become lawyers

+1, I know that if I had gotten a VCE this past week, I'd be doing a jig out of pure happiness (even with the prospect of all that debt)

Don't get me wrong; I am happy to be accepted by Columbia. It's just funny how much of an impact that one or two missed LSAT questions can have on one's future. Everyone on TLS knows this, of course, but the Named Scholarship/No Scholarship line at Columbia really drives it home.

fidesverita wrote:LOL you guys are so depressing. I guess it's good practice to be cynical for when we become lawyers

+1, I know that if I had gotten a VCE this past week, I'd be doing a jig out of pure happiness (even with the prospect of all that debt)

Don't get me wrong; I am happy to be accepted by Columbia. It's just funny how much of an impact that one or two missed LSAT questions can have on one's future. Everyone on TLS knows this, of course, but the Named Scholarship/No Scholarship line at Columbia really drives it home.

Not sure if this will make you feel better, but I don't think it's *so* strictly based on numbers. A friend of mine who's ~3.8/~175 just got the Hamilton today, and last year when I applied I had better numbers for both and I got absolutely nothing. $ from law schools appears to be more of a crapshoot than admissions...

Dignan wrote:Don't get me wrong; I am happy to be accepted by Columbia. It's just funny how much of an impact that one or two missed LSAT questions can have on one's future. Everyone on TLS knows this, of course, but the Named Scholarship/No Scholarship line at Columbia really drives it home.

That's definitely a valid point (no pun intended), I feel terrible about the two questions I missed that separated me from getting a 180 in Sept. Since I have a low GPA, that would have made a huge difference in terms of schools I am worried about, like Columbia & Chicago. Apart from the lucky mfers who actually scored 180 though, I think most people have LSAT regrets

I think the first time you get a 180 on a practice test, you are perpetually set up for disappointment. I got a few 178s on PTs and was still thinking in terms of my average (which was like 173-4). Then my last few PTs before the test were 180s, and suddenly I wasn't okay with 173 anymore.